Soaking buckwheat groats?

[CeciMami]

So my family LOVES buckwheat groats. We eat the unhulled ones all the time. How do I need to treat these to make them more NT? I'm pretty sure that because they're missing their hulls, that they won't sprout...so do I soak them? How does this affect cooking time? I currently just throw them into the rice cooker 1:1 ratio with water and voila!

Thanks for any help!

[tboroson]

Oh, no, they sprout really easily! These are the seeds I sprout most often, for making raw granola.

Soak them for about 20-30 minutes, then put them in a jar with a screen or muslin lid, put them in a warm place, and rinse every 8-12 hours. In the winter, they would sprout for me within 24 hours. This last time, when it was really warm in my house, I soaked them one evening, and they were sprouted already when I went to rinse them the first time the next morning!

[Rachel J.]

I eat buckwheat a lot for breakfast. I always soak mine the night before (if I remember ) with some warm water and yogurt, lemon juice, whey, something acidic. In the morning I pour off the water and rinse then cook them up. It takes a little less liquid when soaked and cooks more quickly.